(b. 1992, Huddersfield)
Lives and works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Lucien Anderson makes works which are loosely allegorical, sitting as artefacts imbued with an incomplete narrative. The evocative forms of shelters and boats are recurring motifs, referencing his interests in the vernacular, nomadism, transience and landscape. Like props on an abandoned film-set, the objects Anderson makes see-saw between purpose and whimsy. Any potential practical application is often contradicted by an arbitrary, childlike playfulness.
Considering scale both physical and in terms of ambition, Anderson is drawn to “the endeavour”, pioneers on frontiers, quiet resilience, adaptation for survival and the cinematic.
Rejecting new material, Anderson selectively scavenges from what he has around him, accepting and embracing the inherent properties and problems of the material he uses. Through this, and the attempted honouring of traditional techniques, there is a relinquishment of ego.
2024 Our Teeth Are Reefs, Collective Ending, London, UK
2024 Baltic Open Submission, BALTIC, Gateshead, UK
2022 Memory Into Landscape, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
2022 Near and Elsewhere, No 20 Arts, London, UK
2022 AFTER THE FLOOD, Blyth, UK
2021 Friends With Benefits, Safehouse, London, UK
2021 (a letter to the future) EKO 8 - International Triennial of Art and Environment, Maribor, SL
2020 Whole Nine Yards, Online
2019 Continuum, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK
2019 Cheeseburn Sculpture Gardens, Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, UK
2018 Viewpoints, Festival of Thrift, Teeside, UK
2018 Beyond, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK
2018 Cheeseburn Sculpture Gardens, Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, UK
2018 Deep Adaptation, The Newbridge Project, Gateshead, UK
2017 Reality Check, The Newbridge Project, Gateshead, UK
2017 Sanctuary, Galloway Forest Park, Dumfries and Galloway, UK
2017 Gillian Dickinson Young Sculptor Award, Cheeseburn Grange, Northumberland, UK
2017 I’ve got too much on my plate, The Northern Charter, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2017 Moving on up, Moving on out, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2016 As Above So Below, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Allenheads, Northumberland, UK
2016 Newcastle University External Show, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2016 Newcastle University Degree Show, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2016 Hollow Horse, XL Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2015 Reflective Practitioner, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Residencies
2023 The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemacchia, Italy
2023 C.F. Contemporary Fire, Cerreto Guidi, Italy
2018 Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK
2016 Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK
Awards
2017 Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor Award (Shortlisted), UK
2016 John Christie Prize, UK
Other
2022 Visiting Speaker, Leeds University
2017 Curator, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Northumberland, UK